Chapter 354 Cold Blood

Although Belar's troops were mainly infantry, his retreat was actually very fast, faster than Ashrufate's prediction. Moreover, as mentioned earlier, Belar brought the latest situation of the Chaos Legion through the observation of the scout.

"...The total force exceeds 100,000, including a large number of heavy troops... In addition, there are magicians, a large number of Chaos wizards, and the observed Tsengqi wizards who cross the magic plate alone have more than fifty..." In Ashrufate's tent, Beller introduced this Chaos Legion to everyone. "It is speculated that it should be between 100 and 150 people... Compared with this number, the number of magicians this Chaos Legion has far exceeded the conventional configuration."

Even in chaos, magicians are not a big deal. It is already a very impressive density for a thousand soldiers to be equipped with one or two magicians. Ashu Rufate had previously had an army of 100,000, but there were only a few dozen magicians, which were still far away from the triple digits.

Anyone admits that a magician's value on the battlefield is higher than a whole team of heavy knights - as long as the luck is not too bad.

Berel agrees with the approach of a blocking battle based on the river. Four senior generals gathered in tents to discuss the future battle in detail. It must be noted that in the face of this sudden change, even Berel has given up the idea of ​​deciding the outcome of the field. The blocking battle of the river is ultimately a battle with the purpose of delaying time. The reason why the war started here is mainly to allow the city in the rear (especially Gaohua City) to have plenty of time to repair various city defense fortifications and strengthen its defense forces to fight against possible high-intensity attacks in the future.

"We cross the river... and then destroy the bridge. This is just such a measure that can theoretically delay for a day or two."

"They can choose a place to build a pontoon bridge across the river."

"Yes, we can try to destroy the pontoon bridge. In this way, the battle becomes a battle for the pontoon bridge... I think that no matter how many troops are, we will not be able to use it. In a short period of time, we should have an advantage, which is enough to delay for a while."

"But over time, they will always find opportunities to break through. For example, they can build bridges in different ways, real and real... and..."

"Urgent report!" Suddenly, this call sounded at the door. According to the rules of the army, messengers carrying emergency military information have the highest right of passage, and even such a senior officer meeting is not a reason to block the other party.

The four people exchanged gazes with each other, and Ashu Rufate called out to the door: "Come in!"

A man dressed in a messenger rushed in. Before he could speak, the four of them immediately had an extremely ominous premonition. Because the angry expression on the messenger's face showed that he must have brought no good news.

"General!" The messenger took a second to calm down the gods, "Emergency. Last night, the Chaos Legion captured the city of Niustria. Her Majesty the Queen in the city... is missing!"

Although all four of them had a premonition, the terribleness of the message spitting out of the messenger's mouth was still far beyond their expectations. For a moment, except for the messenger's rapid breathing, the entire tent was silent.

"How did the news come from?" I don't know how long this silence lasted. Finally, Ashu Rufate was the first to speak. Although he heard the bad news, his voice remained calm.

"The Book of Communications...the Book of Magical Communications." Ashu Rufate's calmness was a little scared to the messenger. "You should... hear... hear."

This is one of the many rare things that humans have obtained from the elves through trade. The magic communication booklet is actually two books, or two sheets of paper. Write words in special ink on one, and the same handwriting will appear on the other sheet - no matter how far apart the two sheets are.

This is actually a special way of magic communication - although magicians can say this lightly and contemptuously, humans cannot actually make such things. According to a hypothesis, only advanced magicians from the elves who are born with more in line with the wind of magic can make such magic props. According to the merchants, even among the Divine Martial Elf, such items are relatively rare high-end products.

Due to the obvious strengthening of trade with the elves in recent years (a large reason is due to the trade license certificates written by Ashrufat), this kind of thing has also been sold to the human world. Of course, the high price and rare quantity of this thing make it impossible for them to be practical at all. However, the church tried every means to buy some for some magicians to study.

This time, many priests from the church went on a war with the army, one of which was carrying a magical communication booklet - as mentioned earlier, there were actually only two pieces of paper. One of them was left in the city of Nuestria as the last means of communication between the city of Nuestria and Asu Ruffat.

The contents in the magic communication book should have appeared last night, but they were noticed by the magician not long ago. The magician immediately found a messenger in accordance with the relevant military regulations and asked that the matter be reported to the general.

"Where is that magical communication booklet?" Ashu Rufat asked immediately.

Berel glanced at the three people present with the smallest movement possible. Asu Ruffat seemed to remain calm, Baranka seemed to be in a state of nightmare, and Parry's hands were trembling slightly.

"Here." The messenger immediately took out something from his body and handed it on his hands.

Asu Ruffatt took the letter and looked at it. When his eyes left the magic paper, Belar clearly saw that Asu Ruffatt's originally fair face had turned pale.

Of course, his expression still seemed to remain calm, but if you really look at him seriously, you will find a kind of... a non-human light flashing in his eyes, which is the eyes that only wild beasts who choose to eat.

The messenger who was facing Eshu Rufat was seen by his eyes, as if a frog was stared at by a poisonous snake, and his entire momentum shrank. At least Beller clearly saw the poor guy fighting with his legs.

Well, speaking of it, there are not too many innocent unlucky guys who were cut off by the commander in anger. Not to mention such a messenger, even a middle-level officer... or even a deputy general, he can only admit that he is unlucky if he is killed.

"What's going on?" Berel spoke in time, trying to reduce the depressing atmosphere as much as possible.

"Chaos Fraud." Ashrufate suddenly smiled, but his eyes stayed on Pari like a hungry wolf. After defeating the Chaos Legion, the task of leading the army to clear out the Chaos Remnants was Pari's responsibility, because his troops were most familiar with the terrain and were most adaptable. "A built-in Chaos Fraud fled to the city of Neustria... and our queen... Unfortunately, she happened to be in the city. She only had dozens of guards... and a few female officials... For example, the lady Rotia we all know." He smiled and looked at Belar, and Belar's face turned pale in an instant. "And my two fiancées... Xingmi and Xingke of the Griffin family..."

Pari's face was as pale as a piece of paper. His hand mechanically picked up his cup, as if he wanted to drink a sip to moisten his throat. But his hand shook, and the cup fell on the ground, making a crisp sound of broken ceramics, and the drink inside spilled all over the floor.

The four people present knew the garrison of the city of Niustria. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an empty city. Even a chaotic defeated soldier can pose a huge threat to it.

"The defenders finally defended the second wall, but they could only defend it." Ashrufate continued. His voice became soft and peaceful, but it made everyone present feel creepy. "...at least when sending this magical communication, this was the case. But the queen happened to... and happened to stop in the outer city with her entourage and guards that night."

After he finished speaking, the surroundings immediately fell into a terrible silence. The four people, including Beller, knew the political significance of the little girl - if the little girl died like this, it means that Groone would lose the only legal monarch. The royal family was not strong, and those who had inheritance rights were all children (although the little girl himself could also be regarded as a child, but the other heirs were younger).

"General... can I... leave?" the messenger asked tremblingly.

"You came directly from... that respectable magician?" Ashu Rufate asked casually.

"Yes, I'll get the news right away."

"Have you mentioned this to someone else?"

"General... I ran all the way, not even stopped."

The next moment, Ashu Rufate skipped several steps between each other, and his hand shook, and the magic sword had already appeared in his hand. The speed of this sword was so amazing that it was time to scream after the messenger fell.

The guards at the door rushed in with a long halberd, but after they saw the dead messenger on the ground and Ash Rufate holding a long sword, they immediately changed their vigilance.

"This guy disobeyed the military order and was killed by me." Ashu Rufat said lightly. He made a gesture, and the guards immediately understood and pulled the body out. There was only a pungent smell of blood left in the entire tent.

"I'll wait for that magician to deal with it later." Ashu Rufate said lightly, and glanced at everyone present. However, Belar still noticed that Ashu Rufate's gaze stayed on Pari for a little longer than others, but eventually flew over. "I think everyone understands what this news means. I don't want to know that someone is passing on this news in the army... no matter who he is!"

The voice of his last sentence was mixed with an indescribable murderous aura, and even Berel felt his heart beating uncontrollably for a few times.

"As for the things that we just mentioned about the river area, everyone should start doing it immediately. General Pari, give you half a day to cause damage to the maximum extent possible and prevent the enemy from collecting materials for crossing the river. General Beral, please deal with the speed of the upstream and downstream water flow, depth of the water. General Balanca, you come and urge the army to cross the river and prepare for destroying the bridge. After ordering, I will pour it out immediately when I see the bridge."

"Wait a minute, General Asu Ruffat." Berel finally spoke. "I'll remind you... the magicians are precious. They are gold coins, no more than copper, and they cannot be wasted at will."

"Don't worry." Ash Rufate replied. He smiled, his expression that could freeze the soul. "No."
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